Posted by Game On on 10/24/05 05:04

"-Angela-" <TarapiaTapioco@jetmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:15:05 GMT, "Game On" <none@none.none> wrote:
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>>"-Angela-" <TarapiaTapioco@jetmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:12:39 GMT, "Game On" <none@none.none> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I was 29 hours into recovering my lost hard drive with GetDataBack and
>>>>my
>>>>wife shut the computor off.......i only had 9 hours to go. I give up!!!
>>>>
>>> Did you ever say if it was a FAT32 drive, or NTFS or ?
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>>FAT32
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> I thought FAT32 files could be recovered in place on that file system
> by programs that pre-check cluster chains, such as 'Ontrak Data
> Recovery' (Not the Pro version!)(it sucks!) and most older Norton
> un-delete programs... 'Get Data Back For Fat32' is very slow, but
> quite reliable. FAT32 can be mapped for used clusters but NTFS can't,
> thus it should be able to be restored without moving files out of the
> drive. I was just curious of what file system it had, good luck.

What do you mean by restored without moving files out of the drive? I could
restore them on the external (e drive) without moving to c drive then back
again? It is VERY slow........about 2 days to get my files back. I will try
it again sometime, i havent touched the drive since she shut it off.

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